The Indian workers filming their work to train AI
Indian workers are being paid to film themselves at work and the footage is used to train AI.
"The routine is simple, but you have to be disciplined about how you move. The operations team taught me that my hands always have to stay cleanly inside the frame, the lighting has to be sharp, and I can't tilt my head too abruptly while working."
"It's good money, but honestly, the feeling of doing something this futuristic is what keeps me excited. I never imagined my razor techniques would be useful to a global tech company," says Ashim.
Ashim's footage is collected by a local company, which might have hundreds of people filming their work.
Humyn Labs filters the thousands of hours of video supplied by those collectors, selecting the most useful content. It's then labelled so the AI knows what it is looking at and packaged in a format that can be used by clients.